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- ANSWER✔✔ SVT converting to sinus rhythm after adenosine administration
- ANSWER✔✔ Sinus bradycardia
- ANSWER✔✔ Sinus bradycardia - version 2
- ANSWER✔✔ Normal sinus rhythm
- ANSWER✔✔ Asystole
- ANSWER✔✔ Wide complex tachycardia
- ANSWER✔✔ Wide complex tachycardia - version 2
- ANSWER✔✔ Torsades de pointes
- ANSWER✔✔ Supraventricular tachycardia
- ANSWER✔✔ VF with successful defib and resumption of organized rhythm
- ANSWER✔✔ Pulseless electrical activity
, - ANSWER✔✔ Ventricular fibrillation
- ANSWER✔✔ Sinus tachycardia
Administer a bolus of isotonic crystalloid 20 ml/kg over 5-20 minutes, and also
give D25W 2-4 ml/kg IV - ANSWER✔✔ A previously healthy infant with a
history of vomiting and diarrhea is brought to the emergency department by her
parents. During your assessment, you find that the infant responds only to painful
stimulation. The infant's respiratory rate is 40 breaths per minute, and central
pulses are rapid and weak. The infant has good bilateral breath sounds, cool
extremities, and a capillary refill time of more than 5 seconds. The infant's blood
pressure is 85/65 mmHg, and glucose is 30 mg/dL (1.65 mmol/L). You administer
100% oxygen via face mask and start an IV. Which treatment is most appropriate
for this infant?
Albuterol (duh) - ANSWER✔✔ A 9yo boy is agitated and leaning forward on the
bed in obvious respiratory distress. The patient is speaking in short phrases and
tells you that he has asthma but does not carry an inhaler. He has nasal flaring,
severe suprasternal and intercostal retractions, and decreased air movement with
prolonged expiratory time and wheezing. You administer 100% oxygen by a
nonrebreathing mask. His spO2 is 92%. Which med do you prepare to give to this
patient?
Rapid bolus of 20ml/kg of isotonic crystalloid - ANSWER✔✔ Paramedics are
called to the home of a 1yo child. Their initial assessment reveals a child who
responds only to painful stimuli and has irregular breathing, faint central pulses,
bruises over the abdomen, abdominal distention, and cyanosis. Bag-mask
ventilation with 100% oxygen is initiated. The child's heart rate is 36/min.
Peripheral pulses cannot be palpated, and central pulses are barely palpable. The
cardiac monitor shows sinus bradycardia. Two-rescuer CPR is started. Upon
arrival to the emergency department, the child is intubated and ventilated with
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